2019
A Putative Causal Relationship Between Genetically Determined Female Body Shape And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Polimanti R, Amstadter A, Liberzon I, Nievergelt C, Workgroup P, Stein M, Koenen K, Gelernter J. A Putative Causal Relationship Between Genetically Determined Female Body Shape And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 29: s751-s752. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesPutative causal relationshipAnthropometric traitsBody shapeEvolutionary mechanismsTop associationsAssociation studiesReproductive behaviorGenetic correlationsPleiotropic effectsGenetic overlapFemale body shapePolygenic score approachTraitsMendelian randomization analysisSummary statisticsRandomization analysisHuman sexual behaviorMechanism
2017
A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder
Polimanti R, Amstadter AB, Stein MB, Almli LM, Baker DG, Bierut LJ, Bradley B, Farrer LA, Johnson EO, King A, Kranzler HR, Maihofer AX, Rice JP, Roberts AL, Saccone NL, Zhao H, Liberzon I, Ressler KJ, Nievergelt CM, Koenen KC, Gelernter J, for The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workgroup. A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder. Genome Medicine 2017, 9: 99. PMID: 29178946, PMCID: PMC5702961, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0491-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesPutative causal relationshipAnthropometric traitsBody shapeEvolutionary mechanismsTop associationsAssociation studiesReproductive behaviorGenetic correlationsPleiotropic effectsGenetic overlapFemale body shapePolygenic score approachTraitsMendelian randomization analysisSummary statisticsRandomization analysisHuman sexual behaviorMechanism